Men’s sleep can be negatively affected by the lunar cycle, while women’s sleep remains more regular.

The moon, which has long been studied to find out if it affects our behavior in any way, can really disturb sleep, at least that of men. This is the conclusion of a study conducted by the University of Uppsala in Sweden, which finds, for the first time, that the lunar cycle affects the sleep of men more than women.

From new moon to full moon. “We recorded various data on the overnight sleep of 492 women and 360 men, aged between 22 and 80, living in Uppsala, noting that male quality deteriorated during the nights after the new moon until on a full moon day, while that of women was better, ”explains Christian Benedict, study leader and researcher in the Department of Neuroscience at Uppsala University.

“In particular, men, but not women, showed less sleep efficiency and were less in deep sleep,” he adds.

Why should the lunar cycle affect the quality of sleep? A hypothesis of Swedish researchers relates to the greater sunlight that our satellite, in some of its phases, reflects towards the Earth at the hours in which we usually go to sleep. And if this bothers men’s nights more, it’s because men’s brains may be more sensitive to ambient light than women.

Random results? Some studies have investigated the link between the lunar cycle and sleep quality, but the results are always conflicting. Some report a correlation, others do not. “In these cases the reasons may have been different, for example that some data were random. “Furthermore, we have also considered the chronic problems of insomnia and the severity of obstructive sleep apnea, which involves a reduction in the amount or quality of sleep.”

“The fact remains that the results of our study must also be taken with caution. Even if our observations have established a link between male sleep and the lunar cycle, we still cannot say with certainty that there is indeed a direct link,” Benedict said. . / a2news

Mixed coronavirus vaccination, first with the AstraZeneca vaccine, then with the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine, increases neutralizing antibody levels by six times compared to two doses of AstraZeneca, according to a South Korean study.

The study involved 499 medical staff: 100 of them received mixed doses, 200 received two doses of Pfizer / BioNTech and the rest received two doses of AstraZeneca.

All vaccinations resulted in neutralizing antibodies, which prevent the virus from entering the cells and multiplying.

The vaccine mix showed similar amounts of antibodies found in people who received two doses of the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine.

A study published last month in the UK found that a dose of the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine, given four weeks after a dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine, would produce a better immune response.

The South Korean study also analyzed neutralizing activity against major disturbing variants of the coronavirus, said the South Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency.

None of the combinations demonstrated reduced neutralizing activity against the Alpha variant, first identified in Britain, but neutralization decreased by 2.5 to 6 times compared to the Beta, Gamma and Delta variants first discovered in South Africa and Brazil, respectively. and India. / REL

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May 07, 2021 – 11:52

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The Football Observatory, CIES, has based its next study on the evaluation of the performance of football players, analyzing technical gestures, minutes on the field of play and the level of competition where they compete with their teams.

In this classification of players with more than 1000 minutes in the respective championships, at the top is Lionel Messi (index 405 points), followed by Neymar (381) and Robert Lewandowski (371).

Manchester City defender João Cancelo, (368) tops the table in the English Premier League ahead of Rodri Hernández, Kevin de Bruyne and Riyad Mahrez. In fifth place is Jesse Lingard (West Ham, on loan from Manchester United).

Players from five different teams are in the top five rankings in Serie A: Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), Achraf Hakimi (Inter), Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus), Théo Hernández (Milan) and Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo).

The youngest players to lead their leagues are 21-year-olds Noa Lang (Club Brugge) in Belgium and Fabio Parisi (Empoli) in the Italian Serie B, as well as 22-year-old Patson Daka (RB Salzburg) in Austria, Olimpiu Moruëan ( FCSB) in Romania and Denys Popov (Dynamo Kiev) in Ukraine.

Interesting fact that in the eighth place in the ranking of Serie A with the index 322 (Insigne leads with 336) is Berat Gjimshiti, the defender of the Albanian National Team who has been standing out for several seasons at Atalanta.

Does your partner drive an Audi car? If so, then you need to be extra careful.

A long-standing survey conducted by the British-based traitor broker’s website, Illicit Encounters, has found that the Audi car is the most common among its members.

Of the 800,000 members surveyed, 22% of male traitors have stated that they drive an Audi.

Drivers of BMW, Mercedes Benz and Volvo are ranked second, third and fourth, while drivers of Volkswagen cars are in fifth place.

As for what cars loyal men drive, the study found that Nissan and Jaguar car owners are the most loyal.